Jon Baker

9.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
79 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Jon Baker is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Jon Baker has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 30 papers in Organic Chemistry and 18 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Jon Baker's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (46 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (13 papers) and Free Radicals and Antioxidants (10 papers). Jon Baker is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (46 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (13 papers) and Free Radicals and Antioxidants (10 papers). Jon Baker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Australia. Jon Baker's co-authors include Péter Pulay, Jan Andzelm, Andrzej A. Jarzęcki, Andrew C. Scheiner, Max Muir, B. Delley, Krzysztof Woliński, А. В. Митин, Shu-Ming Zhang and Warren J. Hehre and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and The Journal of Physical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Jon Baker

78 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

An algorithm for the location of transition states 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 1998 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. An algorithm for the location of transition states
    1986 1.3k citations Jon Baker Journal of Computational Chemistry profile →
  2. Direct Scaling of Primitive Valence Force Constants:  An Alternative Approach to Scaled Quantum Mechanical Force Fields
    1998 485 citations Jon Baker, Andrzej A. Jarzęcki et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jon Baker United States 34 2.4k 1.9k 1.4k 1.1k 1.0k 79 5.3k
Benny G. Johnson United States 28 3.5k 1.5× 1.7k 0.9× 1.5k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 57 6.2k
Philippe Y. Ayala United States 16 2.0k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 803 0.7× 838 0.8× 21 4.8k
Joop H. van Lenthe Netherlands 36 3.0k 1.2× 2.1k 1.1× 1.8k 1.3× 1.4k 1.2× 1.2k 1.2× 135 6.7k
Umpei Nagashima Japan 41 2.5k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 1.4k 1.3× 1.3k 1.3× 290 5.4k
Æleen Frisch United States 6 1.5k 0.6× 2.4k 1.3× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 969 1.0× 12 5.3k
Nathan E. Schultz United States 17 2.0k 0.8× 2.4k 1.2× 1.8k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 606 0.6× 27 5.5k
Hans Peter Lüthi Switzerland 31 1.6k 0.7× 1.9k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 937 0.9× 633 0.6× 95 4.4k
Shinichi Yamabe Japan 38 2.2k 0.9× 2.3k 1.2× 890 0.6× 1.0k 1.0× 1.6k 1.5× 308 5.5k
Henry Chermette France 36 2.2k 0.9× 2.0k 1.1× 1.9k 1.3× 1.0k 1.0× 598 0.6× 227 5.9k
Svein Sæbø United States 28 2.8k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 974 0.7× 903 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 91 4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Jon Baker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jon Baker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jon Baker

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Havenith, Remco W. A., et al.. (2014). The homotropenylium cation: a system with a pinched π ring current. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(23). 11566–11572. 3 indexed citations
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Baker, Jon & Krzysztof Woliński. (2011). An efficient parallel algorithm for the calculation of unrestricted canonical MP2 energies. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 32(15). 3304–3312. 1 indexed citations
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Baker, Jon & Krzysztof Woliński. (2010). Kinetically stable high-energy isomers of C14H12 and C12H10N2 derived from cis-stilbene and cis-azobenzene. Journal of Molecular Modeling. 17(6). 1335–1342. 11 indexed citations
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Woliński, Krzysztof & Jon Baker. (2010). Geometry optimization in the presence of external forces: a theoretical model for enforced structural changes in molecules. Molecular Physics. 108(14). 1845–1856. 26 indexed citations
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Baker, Jon & Krzysztof Woliński. (2010). Isomerization of stilbene using enforced geometry optimization. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 32(1). 43–53. 32 indexed citations
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Baker, Jon, Krzysztof Woliński, Massimo Malagoli, et al.. (2008). Quantum chemistry in parallel with PQS. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 30(2). 317–335. 86 indexed citations
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Baker, Jon, Krzysztof Woliński, & Péter Pulay. (2007). Parallel DFT gradients using the Fourier Transform Coulomb method. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 28(16). 2581–2588. 7 indexed citations
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Pulay, Péter, Svein Sæbø, Massimo Malagoli, & Jon Baker. (2005). Accuracy and efficiency of atomic basis set methods versus plane wave calculations with ultrasoft pseudopotentials for DNA base molecules. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 26(6). 599–605. 15 indexed citations
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Baker, Jon, et al.. (2005). Rare-gas insertion compounds of perfluorobenzene: Aromaticity of some unstable species. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 123(17). 174309–174309. 16 indexed citations
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Baker, Jon & Péter Pulay. (2003). Assessment of the OLYP and O3LYP density functionals for first‐row transition metals. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 24(10). 1184–1191. 66 indexed citations
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Baker, Jon & Péter Pulay. (2002). An efficient parallel algorithm for the calculation of canonical MP2 energies. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 23(12). 1150–1156. 36 indexed citations
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Baker, Jon, et al.. (2002). Calculated and experimental geometries and infrared spectra of metal tris-acetylacetonates: vibrational spectroscopy as a probe of molecular structure for ionic complexes. Part II. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 59(2). 363–377. 49 indexed citations
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Baker, Jon, et al.. (2000). Study of IgM Aggregation in Serum of Patients with Macroglobulinemia. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). 38(8). 759–764. 7 indexed citations
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Baker, Jon, Pawel M. Kozlowski, Andrzej A. Jarzęcki, & Péter Pulay. (1997). The inner-hydrogen migration in free base porphyrin. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts. 97(1-4). 59–66. 58 indexed citations
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Baker, Jon, et al.. (1996). The location of transition states: A comparison of Cartesian, Z-matrix, and natural internal coordinates. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 17(7). 888–904. 66 indexed citations
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Baker, Jon, et al.. (1996). Density Functional Calculations on WH6 and WF6. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 100(51). 19818–19823. 31 indexed citations
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Baker, Jon, et al.. (1989). The electrostatic model of field gradients at nuclei. An application to hydrogen-bonded complexes of HCl. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions 2 Molecular and Chemical Physics. 85(7). 901–901. 35 indexed citations
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Baker, Jon. (1983). EOM/Propagator ionization potentials: Extension of the excitation operator manifold. Chemical Physics. 79(1). 117–128. 37 indexed citations
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Baker, Jon. (1983). EOM/propagator ionization potentials: Prediction of complete valence-shell ionization spectra using direct diagonalization. Chemical Physics Letters. 101(2). 136–140. 28 indexed citations

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